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The paper reviews trends in adult learning in England in the ten years from the election of Labour government in 1997. It highlighted an initial focus on expanding and widening participation in a wide range of initiatives in the years to 2002. From 2003 there has been a dramatic narrowing of focus giving priority to funding qualifications related to the labour market. Throughout the period it highlights restless change in institutional structures.
This article examines the guidelines and objectives of political (societal) and citizenship education in Finland during the past 40 years approximately. During this relatively short period different programmes have arisen which aptly reflect changes which have taken place, in viewpoints, in the social atmosphere and in citizens’ political interests. The article is concerned with the reports of two committees, the Adult Education Committee and the Lifelong Learning Committee, since the beginning…
Weiterbildungseinrichtungen haben das Problem, ihr Angebot zwischen pädagogischem Anspruch und wirtschaftlichem Druck positionieren zu müssen. Diese qualitativ-empirische Untersuchung zeigt, welche Faktoren diese Entscheidung leiten und an welchen Wertmaßstäben sie sich orientiert. Dabei unterscheidet die Autorin drei "Planungskulturen" nach ihrem Maß an Dominanz des Wirtschaftlichen bzw. des Pädagogischen. Der Autorin gelingt es, auch eher verdeckte Motive des Planungshandelns an die Oberfläch…
The Plan to market transition brought with it the restructuring of the labour market, but also unemployment, new job profiles, and ongoing reform of the education system. Within the catch-up process of joining the EU and harmonizing the legislative framework and developments with the aquis communautaire, the effort to set up and implement effective policies was relatively coherent. But the results achieved so far show that much more efforts are needed, as the participation rate of adults in edu…
Dieser Leitfaden richtet sich an potenzielle Existenzgründer/innen im Bereich der Weiterbildung. Das Buch informiert über die aktuelle Situation am Weiterbildungsmarkt und gibt einen Überblick über die Berufsbilder Trainer, Dozent, Berater, Coach und Kursleiter. Beschrieben werden aber auch ganz praktische Schritte auf dem Weg zur Selbstständigkeit wie die Erstellung einer Marktanalyse und des Businessplans, Tipps zu Marketing und Buchführung sowie Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten und Karrierechancen.…
Colleagues from various European countries were invited to an international lecture series at the University of Duisburg-Essen to talk about trends in adult and continuing education. Looking back on this lecture series, we intend to examine different approaches to the term “trend” as well as to outline results of current research in adult and continuing education. We will then give an overview of main arguments of the essays presented in the following. Finally, common trends in European adult a…
